COCHRAN & Co. Miniature Steam Boiler
£ P.O.A.
A very rare find, this is a miniature dome topped rivetted steel steam boiler by Cochran & Co. of Annan, Scotland.
Boiler is coal firing, with fire-tubes and all the typical Cochran features of full size boilers including external firebox and mud hole doors. A very special and attractive museum quality miniature boiler apparently very little, if ever, used.
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